In the process of healing from life and its tragedies, I've heard and am finding that all things creative can be a form of therapy, along with sharing and expressing one's self and one's creations.

Here lies part of my journey to find Peace, Love, and Forgiveness in this crazy life of mine.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Head To Toe

WooHoo! I've finally finished something! besides dessert I don't know what's been going on with me but I've been in some kind of weird funk when it comes to my creative side. It seems like lately, the past 6 months worth of lately, that no matter what project I've started it's been a big fail, for one reason or another. And boy, can that be discouraging. Hmm, maybe I've been in a persistence training program for which I didn't even realize I signed up. Anywhoo...I've made progress, thank The Great Spirit of creation!

In the last couple days, two of the projects I've finished are for my out-of-state daughters. One is a crocheted beanie. I've only completed one other crocheted hat in my lifetime and that was an earflap hat for my son. For a long time now, I've been searching for a simple beanie for my girls with no success. I've tried several different patterns but none seemed to work, the problem being my inexperience, I'm sure. So, after a gazillion attempts I put the hat-crocheting-madness to bed for a bit. Well, with holidays and birthdays approaching, the alarm went off and I woke the monster! This time I had an acceptable result.

The directions said to be careful not to let the foundation chain twist while joining the ends. I tried many, many things to keep it straight but as soon as I'd get close to finishing the 1st row I could see it had twisted. Which would have been great if I had been crocheting an infinity scarf. I ripped and stitched more times than I care to say. I have no idea how most people manage this but I ended up pinning my foundation chain to a bolster pillow form that I had in my closet. It worked! Ahh, yesss, relief.

I found a very easy flower pattern here at Anne Marie's Crochet Blog. She has so many cute things there that I'm getting a cup of coffee and going back there after I finish this post. For my first flower, I was happy with the way it turned out.

I decided to use my friendly bolster as my beanie model. I think she's quite photogenic for a wad of stuffing. :)

I'll have to give her a name.....Beatrice! Yes, Beatrice Bolster. That'll do.

Now for my slippers, yay! I found an easy, easy, pattern here on Hectanooga1's YouTube channel. I used her basic pattern and changed just a couple of things. I made the sides a little taller and added a trim to the top edge.

They look like booties in this photo, but they're not. They stretch out on the foot and look more like the shape of a Mary Jane without the strap. I wonder if the strap is the Jane part? If so, then these are just Mary's. :) I'm planning on adding an embelishment to the top, but haven't picked one yet. Flower, button, foofie fluffy ball?...I can't decide...too many choices for my over-crowded brain at the moment.

Ohh, it feels so good to finally finish a project! Yippie Skippy, I got my groove back! Now onto the next project.